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Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

2023 Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

11 Colleges
$51,561 Avg Salary
$21,333 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Physical Sciences is the #147 most popular major in the country with 3,823 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the physical science bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Rochester Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for general physical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. RIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general physical sciences schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Out of the 11 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general physical sciences schools in the United States. Pitt is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of California - Santa Cruz helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general physical sciences schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Emory University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general physical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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California State University - Stanislaus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general physical sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Stan State is a large public school located in the small suburb of Turlock.

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Washington State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree general physical sciences programs. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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With a ranking of #9, Humboldt State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general physical sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the remote town of Arcata, Humboldt State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best General Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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General Physical Sciences by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 8 majors within the area of study, general physical sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Physical Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Chemistry 21,239
Physics 13,674
Geological & Earth Sciences 7,821
Astronomy & Astrophysics 1,375
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 1,140

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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